Why the Church should allow gay marriages

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We are in as big a bind on civil partnerships as we are on women bishops and gay priests

The House of Lords votes tomorrow on whether religious premises can be used
for civil partnerships. A Tory peeress proposes to strike down the relevant
legal provisions, arguing that religious organisations might suffer undue
pressure to conduct civil partnerships.

I have been flooded with letters about this, mostly from Christians opposed to
civil partnerships. One is from the vicar of the church I used to attend,
who writes that he is “sure you will understand that churches like ours
would never wish to conduct these ceremonies”. Not that he has any choice.
The Church of England’s bishops have instructed that